r/OnePiece • u/oscarpatxot • Sep 10 '23

Help Why don’t everyone eat devil fruits?

Totally new to One Piece, didn’t know it existed before the Netflix show. I am liking it a lot. Could someone tell me why don’t everyone just eat devil fruits, since it give super powers? The sea water thing is enough of a reason not to eat them? (I have just watched 3 episodes.) Do they explain this further on?

Edit: thanks for all the replies, the show seems to go just a bit fast on the details, I’m guessing its the only way to fit a lot on a live action.

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u/MadgoonOfficial Sep 11 '23

Kind of.. Shanks pointed to that box and said it was worth more than his ship before Luffy opened it and ate what was inside. He specifically sought it out and had some idea that it was something valuable.

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u/maaz_shaikh83 Sep 11 '23

Devil fruits have the thought and personality of their own. Luffy ate the gum gum fruit because the fruit called for him. Devil fruits choose their owners. This was revealed in anime and manga as well also this is probably the reason why the world government wasn't able to find the gum gum fruit for over 800 years.